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In typography, emphasis is the exaggeration of words in a text with a font in a different style from the rest of the text—to emphasize them.

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emphasis

To italicize a lie; to lay great stress on certain sounds that emanate from a larynx and that are intended to hypnotize a tympanum; to be impressive to the point of almost believing ourselves; the double chin of a declarative sentence; oratorical moth-balls.